Blockade by the European Parliament: From the Leyens start as commission chief should be postponed

Talk about the probable step in Brussels already longer, now the signs are thickening: The planned for November 1 launch of the new EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen is apparently postponed. The head of the EU Parliament tipped, according to news agency dpa on Wednesday the previous schedule.

According to SPIEGEL information, the election of the new commission, which was supposed to take place in the coming week, can hardly be held. However, the official decision is only in a meeting of the fractional leaders on Thursday.

The background is the failure of three designated commissioners in the nomination process. France, Romania and Hungary now have to present new candidates. Parliament President David Sassoli had already said on the weekend, possible launch date of the new European Commission could be December 1.

Von der Leyen itself had been confirmed in July by the European Parliament, then with a very narrow majority. However, the Commissioners designated and designated by the EU Member States must hold hearings with the relevant parliamentary committees.

The final step of the nomination is then approval by the plenary of the Parliament. The was originally intended for October 23. Sassoli and the Group leaders took the vote out of the agenda at a Wednesday afternoon session. A new date was not fixed at first.